Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal continued their assault Monday on what they consider a corrupt federal approval process for the project, releasing dozens of new email messages between State Dept employees and a lobbyist for the company behind the pipeline, TransCanada.
The emails, part of a growing cache obtained by the environmental group Friends of the Earth, focus on the interaction between TransCanada lobbyist Paul Elliott and representatives of the State Dept, which is currently weighing approval of the Keystone XL project. While no emails between Clinton and Elliott have been released, the newest messages reveal a cozy and solicitous relationship between Elliott and State Dept staff -- particularly one member of the senior diplomatic staff at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Marja Verloop. |